Live while you are alive
Evidence shows that longer work hours make us less productive, not more. The example of the Netherlands shows how shorter work time can be achieved without a reduction in productivity and in living standards. Longer work hours are also associated with poor health and higher mortality rates – we may be risking our lives by …
Yes, believe it or not, we are all going to die! Epicurus told us not to fear death. Life is feeling or sensation; when life ends, there is no feeling. Death itself does not hurt, even if the process can. The important thing is to have a “good” death, that is, die close to those …
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Last night I attended a concert given by Louis Lortie, a pianist famous for his rendering of the Chopin piano etudes. He indeed started out with Chopin, reminding me that beauty is eternal, no matter how coarsened the public taste has become. When it comes to Chopin Lortie mostly plays sensitively, with quiet, moving passage …
The average Briton gets six-and-a-half hours of sleep a night, according to the British Sleep Council. It has been known for some time that the amount of sleep people get has, on average, declined over the years, while the rates of obesity and diabetes have soared. Could the two be connected? A study at the …
Vodka laced with antifreeze. Fake ham made from dyed chicken. Mozzarella comprising less than half real cheese. These and other horrors were recently exposed by trading standards officers in West Yorkshire, UK. Of the 900 foods they tested, more than a third proved to be dodgy in some way. And these results are probably far …
